Horseshoe



(No Model.)

M. DAMILLY 8: J. OAILLETi HORSBSHOE.

No. 468,130. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

MAURICE DAMILLY AND JUSTIN CAILLET, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNORS TO \VILLIAM GEORGE TIFFANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,130, dated February 2, 1892.

Application filed November 11, 1890- Serial No. 371,112. (No model.) Patented in France May 31, 1890, No. 206,024.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MAUEIoE DAMILLY and JUSTIN CAILLET, citizens of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same.

Our invention (for which we hold French IC- Patent No. 206,024, dated May 31, 1890) relates to a certain new and useful improvement in horseshoes; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts thereof, hereinafter fully described and claimed, re-

sulting in a horseshoe of light weight and havin g a rough surface of soft materialto prevent slipping.

Our invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the under surface of the shoe, and Fig. 2 a cross-section of the same.

a is the body of the horseshoe, consisting of an endless iron ring having therein a continuous slot. Said body is of metal, compressed wood, compressed paper, or the like. One or both inner walls of the slot of said shoe slope toward each other, forming a downwardly-diverging slot 0, as in Fig. 2that is 0 to say, a slot open at the top and open at the bottom, but wider at the bottom than at the top. use next the hoof of the horse, while the greater width of the slot is upon that surface 3 5 'of the shoe which is brought in contact with the pavement or road. Into this groove 0 is packed a filling of soft material, preferably The smallest width of this slot lies in twisted hemp rope I), which may have its ends tied by waxed strings or in any suitable manner. 40

In operation the shoe is placed against the hoof with the smallest width of the slotnext the hoof. Fastening nails are driven through the rope or analogous soft filling E; into the hoof, thereby securing the entire structure to the hoof by an elastic band of filling material. In use the surface of the soft filling next the road or pavement takes up pieces I of stone, dirt, &c., becoming hardened or macadamized, and hence presenting a rough surface to the road, while preserving the elasticity to the 1100f. Slipping is thereby avoided and also wrenching on the hoof of the animal.

A pincher or toe-piece cl may be used to give greater security to the shoe. We force our rope into the slot 0 either by hand, hammer, vise, or press.

\Vhat We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The horseshoe-body a, made with the downweirdly-diverging slot 0 and combined with the soft filling b, which fills and extends through said slot at top and bottom, all arranged sothat the nails m ustbe passed through said soft filling to secure the shoe to the hoof, 6 5 as specified.

Paris, France, September 30, 1890.

MAURICE DAMILLY. J. CAILLET.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. HALL, CLYDE SHROPSHIRE,

Both of 19 Rue Scribe, Paris. 

